See also: feil and Feil

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

féil

  1. inflection of fial:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
féil fhéil bhféil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin vigilia (wakefulness, watch), from vigil (awake), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (to be strong).

Noun edit

féil f (genitive féile, nominative plural féili)

  1. (Christianity) festival, feast day

Inflection edit

Feminine ī-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative féilL féilL féiliH
Vocative féilL féilL féiliH
Accusative féiliN féilL féiliH
Genitive féileH féileL féileN
Dative féiliL féilib féilib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms edit

  • félire
    • Irish: féilire

Descendants edit

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
féil ḟéil féil
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit